A former South African post office worker who brutally raped and murdered a university student has been sentenced to life in prison.
The Western Cape High Court on Friday, November 2015, sentenced Luyanda Botha for the rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana,19, who was a student at the University of Cape Town.
The court heard that Botha, 42, pleaded guilty to raping and killing the UCT student in August 2019.
Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe handed Botha a life sentence for murder, two life sentences on both counts of rape, and five years for defeating the course of justice. The five-year sentence will run concurrently.
He will also not be eligible for parole for 25 years.
Botha was first charged with twice raping 19-year-old Mrwetyana, a first-year University of Cape Town student before killing her on August 24.
In his plea, he admitted that he arranged to be alone with Mrwetyana in the locked Clareinch Post Office on the said day after telling the student…
Source: Linda Ikeji
